St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-06-25

breast and once in the head. The couple
had been married eleven years anu hau
three children Burch was PROTESTANT anu
his wife Catholic and they quarreleo
frequently on account Of their renglous
differences 1t is supposed the tragedy "asa
sequence of one Of these quarrels.
In Columbia county, Ore, Lew bacRus
and G.. D. Stoddard quarreled over dlV1s-
ion line fence, and Backus shot ana Rlliel
Stoddard. Backus fed pursued by con-
stable. The latter ordered him to hait'
Backus. who was armed with Winchester
rifle, refused, whereupon the constable sho'
him dead
1t is reported that Casper strombach, sup
posed bv the police of Railway, N. j., to be
the murderer of the unknown girl 1ouho
with her throat cut last March, mas oeeh
arrested in small town in Illinois. otrom-
bach was employed as laborer on a 1arih
near Houtenville. He is about twenty-five
years of age tele gram from Salem, Ill.,
saws that Strombach was caught at IuRa'
where he confessed the crime to fellow
corntrvman, named John Bauman, and sald
he had an unknown accomplice. He lden-
titled photograph of the murdered girl
In Rowan county, KY, while ex-Shenh
Ramey and son were riding home from
Morehead, they were fired at from ambush
and are believed to be mortally wounded
They did not belong to either OF the tactons
that disgraced the county, but had lately re-
fused to join the Toliver gang.
The governor of Ohio has received tele-
gram from D. C. Putnam, department com
mander of the Grand Army OF the Repuolc'
of Ohio, urging him, 'in behalf OF the
sc. 900 comrades of this department" 70
protest to the authorities at Washington
against the return of the Southern flags cap
tured by the soldiers of Ohio The governor
forwarded the telegram to President Cleve-
land and in the same connection sald: IN
transmitting this message | desire to comply
with its request, and do most earnestly pro-
test against the action to which 1t relates. Inc
patriotic people of this State are shocked ana
indignant beyond anything | can express
I earnestly request you to revoke the order
that has given such unqualified offense''
The governor also sent telegram to General
Boynton, at Washington, asking him to
take legal advice and institute proceedings
to enioin the return of the Southern flags
which were captured by the Ohio troops
The interstate commerce commission, in
Washington, has rendered its long-expected
decision upon the fourth section of the
interstate commerce law. This section
prohibits a greater charge for the transporta-
ton of passengers and property over
shorter than over a longer distance in the
same direction under substantially similar
circumstances and conditions. The decision
has for it's principal feature. the announce
ment that the commissions after mature
consideration, is satisfied that the statute
does not require it to prescribe in every
instance the exceptional care and grant
its order for relief before the carrier is at
liberty in it's tariffs to depart from the
general rule. \ The carrier must
nudge for itself what are the substantially
similar circumstances and conditions which
preclude the special rate, rebate or draw back,
which is made unlawful by the second sec
ton, since no tribunal is empowered ojudge
for it until after the carrier has acted and
then only for the purpose of determining
whether it's action constitutes violation OF
law. The carrier judges on peril of the con-
sequences; but the special rate rebate or
drawback which it grants is not illegal
when it turns out that the circum-
stances and conditions were not such as
to forbid it and as Congress clearly in
tended this, it must also, when using the
same words in the fourth section, have in
tended that the carrier, whose privilege was
in the same way limited by them, should in
the same way act upon it's judgment of the
limiting circumstances and conditions" The
commission, therefore, will not undertake to
decide in advance what constitutes or what
does not constitute discrimination under
substantially similar circumstances and con-
ditions," but will leave railroad companies
in fixing their tariffs to act upon their own
Judgment and at their own risk subject to
accountability before the commission and
the courts in cases where complaint is made
by interested parties of violation of the law.
A telegram from Pittsburg says that a
number of the trainmen who were arrested
for completely in the Pan Handle railroad
robberies have been taken back by the com
pany. They have shown disposition te
do what is right, and the officials are in
cGned to give them trial.
1t is reported by way of Panama that
rebellion in the Province of Tucuman, ir
the Argentine Confederation, has just beer
suppressed by the general government, witt
loss of 400 lives. The governor of tn
province and his ministers have been take1
prisoners.
. United States Consul Seller, at Cape Town
T has sent to the State Department report OF
leprosy in South Africa. The first case 0
leprosy in Cape Colony was introduced b,
Malay slaves more than one hundred year
, ago, but not until 1s45 was any attempt mad
by the government to stamp out the disease
In that year leper asylum was establishe
at Robben Island, seven miles from Cap
Town, and up to 1884, 744 lepers had beel
admitted to the institution, and comprise
: but small proportion of the leper popula
ton, as the segregation oflepers was not mad
compulsory. The rapid increase of the dis
: ease, particularly among the European por
ulation, as described in the reports of distrie
surgeons, has aroused the colonial govern
ment to action, and a second and larger asy
lum is in process of construction, the presen
accommodation being wholly inadequate
provide for all the afflicted applying for &C